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Director: Dr. Francis S. Grandinetti
Phone: 814-871-7533
Email: grandine002@gannon.edu

Objectives

The School of Education offers a program leading to a Master of Education degree designed to facilitate the highest level of teacher performance. The core courses focus on the mastery of teaching effectiveness for teachers in grades K through 12. The objectives enable the teacher to:

• Develop the verbal skills and strategies that produce mastery of positive communication;
• Acquire skills that increase student thinking and self-esteem through the instruction process;
• Use instructional strategies to reach the learning style preferences of students;
• Create lesson formats and instructional processes (induction, deduction, inquiry, analysis, and synthesis) that match the learning and thinking styles of students;
• Develop skills to create a motivating learning environment.

Admission Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree from an approved institution and fulfillment of requirements for admission to the graduate program at Gannon University.
• A completed application for admission including three letters of recommendation.
• Evidence by previous academic record that the applicant has the general ability and preparation necessary to pursue graduate study successfully

Curriculum Requirements

This program requires the student to take three core courses (9 credits) which focus on teaching effectiveness, 6 credits of foundation courses, 9 credits of research, as well as 6 credits of electives for a total of 30 credits.

Core Courses

Teaching effectiveness (9 Credits listed below after consultation with program director)

GEDU 503 Educational Leadership
GEDU 505 Classroom Discipline
GEDU 604 Educational Tests & Measurements
GEDU 637 Learning Theory
GEDU 650 Advanced Educational Computing

Foundation Courses (6 credits)

GEDU 611 Philosphy of Education
GEDU 613 History of Education
GEDU 614 Sociology of Education
GEDU 615 Urban Education
GEDU 621 School Curriculum (required)

Research Courses (9 Credits)

GEDU 600 Introduction to Graduate Statistics - 3 credits
GEDU 601 Educational Research Methods - 3 credits
*GEDU 696 Directed Research and Special Topics/Research project - 3 credits

* Enrollment in GEDU 696 is contingent upon approval from the program director.

Elective Emphasis Sequence Options (6 credits)

Selected and planned in consultation with the program director.